A live scrapbook
Welcome to Go for Java Developers. Before you begin asking questions, let me just start by saying that this isn’t a book of some sort. At least, not yet. It’s more like a scrapbook of ideas and thoughts I’ve collected over time.
<aside> ⚠️ A word of caution. Everything in here is biased and opinionated. I am trying to be as helpful as I can, but at the end of the day, what has worked for me might be the exact opposite of what works for you. Always take what you see here with a grain of salt and ultimately, use your own judgment.
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A long-time Java developer who got thrown into the wonderful world of Go, had to pull his hair and spent a lot of time battling the language, until the secret of Go’s simplicity started crystallising to him. The same dude also wrote a fun little book on using Go to make algorithmic art.
First and foremost, it is to scratch my own writing itch. Second, I would like to write to the next Java developer who gets thrown into the world of Go and starts writing Go code like it were a Spring app.
No. There is more than enough introductory material out there on both Go and Java. The goal here is to step upon the basics of the language and re-shape one’s original perception into a different mental model.
Probably not. Although, I am exercising the idea of turning this into a small book sorts. We’ll see.